Gruden is the frontrunner to land the job, El-Bashir believes, citing holdovers on the Redskins’ coaching staff – namely Raheem Morris and Sean McVay, who coached with Gruden in Tampa Bay – as not being coincidence.

“You start to kind of connect the dot here guys,” El-Bashir told 106.7 The Fan’s Lavar and Dukes. “No matter what business you’re in, managers like to hire guys they’re comfortable in.” Gruden also worked for Bruce Allen in Tampa.

“From the outset of the search, Jay Gruden was very, very high on the Redskins’ list,” El-Bashir said.